Doctor pulling foreskin down to expose the head.

I'm circumcised and always have been so unfortunately I'll never get to experience that

It never happened as a child but a few did as an adult until I finally got cut. If my pediatrician had ever been thorough enough to check it she'd have noticed how tight it was and I probably would have been snipped earlier. Instead I thought I was supposed to deal with it myself and forced it back in my teens, which fixed the immediate problem but didn't make it any less annoying to have.

I only had an head to toe exam at age 13. My doctor retracted my foreskin 3 or 4 times. I dont't know why, my foreskin can retracted easily.

@Examined Was there ever a suggestion to remove it?

@Pecan_nutjob Yes, circumcision was suggested, but my parents didn’t want me cut. I was taken to see my GP and he examined me and agreed with my mother that it wouldn’t be necessary. I had some “stretching” done occasionally in the bath at home, and by the time I was about 11 there was no more suggestion of tightness.

@Examined Was stretching painful?

(It seems indeed that doctors suggest circumcision for phimosis that ends up clearing itself naturally!)

@Pecan_nutjob Yes, it was a little painful to begin with, the first couple of retractions each time in particular, but then it eased. It was more embarrassing than painful though!

@Pecan_nutjob @Examined

Same thing for me. When i was about 7, i had my foreskin checked as part of a school medical. It was extremely tight and the school doctor suggested i was to go to and see the GP to get circumcised. Luckily my GP suggested stretching and eventually my skin could retract with ease.

@examined @jp1 Who did the stretching?

Several times as a child and then as a teenager, my foreskin was retracted. Since it's always been flexible, I've never had any comments.

On the contrary, as my foreskin is short and often retracted, doctors would reposition it on the glans.

@Pecan_nutjob

After the visit to the GP, every evening i had to sit in front of one of my parents apply a bit of cream and start trying to ease the skin back.

I didn't think it would work as initially I was so tight i couldn't expose any of my glans. It was very embarrassing.

@JP1 At least you got the cream. Were the stretching attempts painful?

@roscoe

I have an appointment with my derm for a total body exam coming up in July. I hope she does that to me. The last one had me retract it myself -- not as nice.

So how did it go ?

Did she retract anyhting ? 😄

@Pecan_nutjob

Cant remember it being painful as it was done very slowly over months

@Pecan_nutjob My mother did it once a week after a bath.

@Examined Did she use any cream? Was it painful?

@Pecan_nutjob No, she didn’t use cream, it was soap and water after washing. The first couple of retractions were quite uncomfortable, but they eased the more that were done. To begin with it felt like a quick burning sensation when my foreskin was pulled back:

During my school examinations, the foreskin was always pulled back, sometimes it was done by the doctor, but most of the time I had to do it myself. During my compulsory military examination, this was done by the examining doctor, but he did not do this gently. I then had to leave the foreskin over the glans for the remainder of the examination.

@roscoe

So how did it go ?

Did she retract anyhting ? 😄

Total body was a farce!!!!!!!!

The assistant/nurse/whatever she was, took me into the room and said take off your shoes and tee shirt and have seat. The PE came in, ran a bright light across my forehead then said now your back. She hooked her index fingers into the back hem of my street shorts and pulled up a couple inches then walked out the door saying OK with the tone that says we're done. I slowly put my tee shirt and shoes back on hoping she was going to return and I went out. Couldn't see her anywhere. I left a message on their website and got a call saying she (the one who showed me in) didn't understand what I wrote. I had described what I got and asked if they called that a TBSE. She kept repeating "you got a TBSE" and the phone call got nasty when I asked if they were going to bill Medicare for a TBSE. She said I should find a different provider if I wasn't happy.

They gave me an appointment card with the same person for next year but I don't think they billed Medicare. At least I haven't seen a statement yet. My co-pay was $30 and they haven't billed me for that yet.

I'll go back next year just out of curiosity to see what happens.

I'm not really worried. My mother died at 102 and I'm quite sure she never had a skin check in her whole life.